Insights and Stories on Commodity Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Fears over soy scarcity now gone

Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Soyoil prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have been tumbling of late largely due to the markets no longer being afraid of already tight global supplies becoming scarcer, according to Sean Lusk of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago, Ill. Lush explained that the South American […]

Hog sector to focus on margins in face of outside volatility

Jun. 13, 2022 at 8:18 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week low on virus worries

Feb. 3, 2020 at 4:13 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada’s ag output seen likely rising under climate change

Sep. 18, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Loonie’s boost for commodity prices likely limited in 2016

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:41 pm CST

By Jade Markus

Cargill Q1 profit jumps despite commodities slump

Oct. 7, 2015 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill Inc. effectively navigated tumbling commodities markets and volatile currencies to turn in a 20 per cent gain in first-quarter profit, the privately held company said Wednesday. The Minnesota-based company’s grain and oilseed supply chain and energy businesses were standouts in the quarter […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

Sep. 22, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. derivatives regulators are revising their proposal to limit the positions that traders can hold in commodity markets to make it easier for some hedge funds and banks to keep large trades. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to allow financial firms to count their market […]

By Reuters

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